Hydraulic failure and repair are not routine in trees

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 659-661

  Cochard, Hervé ^a   Delzon, Sylvain ^b  

^a PIAF   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Cavitation; Drought; Embolism; Water relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885150441     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-013-0317-5     Document Type: Note

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